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Recent Nevada data center news

• Apr 13, 2026

  Switch Raises $768 Million in Latest Data Center ABS Issuance

  Switch announced the closing of its Series 2026-1 ABS offering, raising approximately $768 million and adding a Reno, Nevada data center to its securitized trust.

  • Main announcement: Switch closed a Series 2026-1 ABS issuance raising approximately $768 million; the Class A-2 Notes carry ratings of AAA (sf), AA (low) and A (low) by DBRS Morningstar, have an anticipated repayment date of March 2031, and net proceeds will be used to repay existing debt and for general corporate purposes. The transaction adds a Reno, Nevada data center (~1.4 million sq ft, >52 MW capacity) and expands the master trust into a fifth geographic market.
  • Background and details: Following the deal, the securitized pool includes 11 data centers across five U.S. markets, serves more than 550 customers, and derives ~84% of trust revenue from investment-grade customers. This is Switch’s fifth ABS issuance since 2024, bringing total ABS issuance in that period to ~$4.2 billion; all ABS issuances qualify as secured green bonds. Transaction advisors included Barclays, Citigroup, BMO Capital Markets, Truist, with counsel Kirkland & Ellis LLP for Switch and Latham & Watkins LLP for the underwriters.
• Apr 11, 2026

  AI Data Centers Air Pollution Deaths: How Tech Boom is Killing Clean Air in US

  The Trump administration announced it rolled back federal soot standards in February 2026, citing surging electricity demand from AI data centers.

  • Main action: The administration reversed Biden-era soot protections and the President invoked emergency wartime powers to compel utilities to keep aging coal-fired power plants operating; the rollback was explicitly justified by surging electricity demand from AI data centers. Key figures: 4,000 data centers operational, 3,000 planned or under construction, and AI data center electricity share rising from 2% (2018) to 4.4% (2023) with projections of 6.7%–12% by 2028 and potential 11x increase by 2030 if unchecked.
  • Background and details:University of California, Riverside researchers project up to 1,300 premature deaths annually by 2030 tied to particulate pollution from extended fossil-fuel plant operation; Harvard University provided data-center counts; regional specifics include AI centers using 26% of Virginia’s electricity, proposed Nevada data centers requiring three times current Las Vegas electricity, and 70+ data centers in Los Angeles County where supervisors are considering a moratorium and a health impact assessment. Also noted: Clean Wisconsin projections and more than 60 Virginia state bills addressing data center growth and grid impact.
• Apr 7, 2026

  Renewable Energy Update 4.3.26

  Allen Matkins published a Renewable Energy Update summarizing recent renewable energy and data‑centre developments.

  • Main update: The newsletter highlights Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration proposing to end the Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) program; Altus Power has completed and activated rooftop solar at the 1.1 million‑square‑foot Class‑A San Manuel Landing in San Bernardino; Dimension Energy secured $650 million to finance a 132 MW portfolio of community solar (25 projects) across Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois; Townsite Solar 2 LLC proposed a 150–170 MW high‑density AI data center campus co‑located with battery and solar on 88.5 acres of city‑owned land in Boulder, Nevada; and NYPA will help develop the 5 MW Hannacroix Solar project in Greene County, NY.
  • Background / other details: The update notes a petition by three environmental groups seeking rehearing of California’s NEM 3.0 rooftop solar rules; the DSGS program budget decision is tied to the state budget finalization by Aug. 31; Solarcycle signed an exclusive “recycling services” agreement with Prologis to recycle PV modules from Prologis’s >1 GW of rooftop solar capacity; and the EcoBlock project in Oakland retrofitted 15 properties with rooftop solar, heat pumps, and insulation.
• Apr 2, 2026

  Governor Newsom turns on largest public broadband network, California connects first rural community to internet

  Governor Gavin Newsom announced California turned on the nation’s largest open-access public middle-mile broadband network and connected the Bishop Paiute Tribe as the first customer.

  • Main announcement: California has activated the Middle-Mile Broadband Network (MMBN) and connected the Bishop Paiute Tribe as the first customer, bringing high-speed internet to a rural, historically underserved community via a 423-mile segment running from Barstow to the Nevada border; the tribally-owned ISP will independently manage and operate its service, including pricing and offerings.
  • Background and program details: The network was enabled under Senate Bill 156 which provides $3.25 billion for infrastructure; the California Public Utilities Commission has awarded over $1.2 billion in last-mile grants (benefiting over 2 million Californians); CDT has upgraded dormant fiber and California plans over 8,000 miles of open-access broadband fiber as part of the Build More, Faster agenda.
• Apr 2, 2026

  Amazon Middle East datacenter suffers second drone hit as Iran steps up attacks

  John E. Dunn reports that Iranian drones struck Amazon’s ME-SOUTH-1 (Bahrain) datacenter on April 1, causing a fire and AWS service impacts; this is the second attack in a month and is framed as part of IRGC threats against US tech firms.

  • Main announcement: The ME-SOUTH-1 (Bahrain) AWS site, operated by Batelco, was hit on April 1, causing a fire and AWS services to be marked as “impacted” on the AWS Service Health page; this follows a March 1 attack on ME-SOUTH-1 and ME-CENTRAL-1 (UAE). Amazon advised customers to enact disaster recovery plans and shift workloads to other Regions.
  • Background and specifics: The attacks are linked to IRGC-aligned channels that have threatened at least 18 US companies (including Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, Apple); the weapon cited is the Shaheed 136 drone (noted as low-cost and used en masse). Amazon has an announced $5.3 billion datacenter investment in Saudi Arabia due in 2026, a concrete project potentially affected.
• Apr 1, 2026

  Geothermal’s Rise a Hot Topic Worldwide

  Rystad Energy forecasts near-term surge in geothermal investment to 2030.

  • Main announcement: Rystad Energy projects global investment in geothermal could reach nearly $9 billion by 2030, up from about $1.4 billion in 2020; the article reports multiple new commercial and pilot projects (e.g., Fervo Energy’s 500-MW Cape Station in Utah; the U.S. EIA notes the first large-scale commercial EGS in the U.S. is expected online in June). Include timelines and project scales where given.
  • Background and supporting details:Corporate deals and government support include Google’s long-term agreement with Ormat to supply up to 150 MW in Nevada (online 2028–2030), XGS Energy’s $1.2-billion, 150-MW project to power Meta in New Mexico (two phases operational by 2030), federal and state grants (e.g., $1.78 million tax credit for Vail on a $6-million library geothermal project; DOE / GEODE $165 million grant programs; an $8.6-million grant approved to expand a U.S. Northeast geothermal district heating network).
• Mar 24, 2026

  Switch Completes Agreement to Sponsor Research with Stanford’s Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE) to Innovate and Accelerate Digital Infrastructure Development

  Switch® has announced a sponsored research agreement with Stanford University’s Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE) on March 25, 2026.

  • Main announcement: Switch® will sponsor research at Stanford CIFE to advance large-scale digital infrastructure, industrialized construction, and innovative energy systems for AI data centers; the agreement will enable academic research and hands-on exposure to Switch’s innovation initiatives (announced 25 March 2026).
  • Background and details: The research will focus on improved construction turnover, prefabrication/modularization (DFM) for Switch’s AI Factories™ capital programs, and testing CIFE’s sustainability-focused facility life-cycle performance framework to define novel sustainability metrics and explore token-to-grid / grid interoperability; no monetary value or implementation timeline was specified in the announcement.
• Mar 24, 2026

  The Northwest Hasn’t Learned the Lessons of WPPSS (“Whoops”)

  Laura Feinstein (Sightline Institute) argues that leaders should avoid building new gas-fired power plants in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and instead prioritize data center flexibility, demand response, energy efficiency, and transmission expansion to address near-term resource adequacy concerns.

  • Main action and evidence: The piece urges policymakers and regulators to require utilities and large electricity users to exhaust large-load flexibility and demand-side measures before approving fossil fuel infrastructure; cites a September 2025 E3 Phase 1 analysis that reported an 8.7 GW shortfall by 2030 (commonly rounded to 9 GW), which shrinks to roughly 5.6 GW when already planned resources (e.g., Carriger solar, PacifiCorp conversions) are counted. The article highlights alternatives with concrete figures: a Duke University estimate that 3.8 GW could be gained if data centers reduced power about one week per year, and a Sylvan Energy Analytics review showing data-center curtailment can eliminate the gap in multiple scenarios.
  • Background and concrete details: The article documents utilities’ recent actions and legislative context: PSE has contracted for six new gas turbines (filing redacted), Grant PUD approved a (temporary) 12 MW natural gas plant, PSE’s voluntary demand response currently reduces <2% of peak demand and Washington law requires ramping to 10% savings starting 2027; it notes the U.S. Department of Energy used the E3 report to justify keeping a coal plant online past Dec 31, 2025. The author characterizes the piece as an opinion/analysis urging precaution and policy alternatives rather than announcing a new transaction or partnership.
• Mar 24, 2026

  Experts Say Data Centers Face Permitting, Economic, and Community Support Obstacles

  Chris Jordan (National League of Cities) and Jacob Levin (CTC Technology & Energy) discussed public support, permitting, zoning changes, and potential uses for BEAD nondeployment funds during a National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors webinar.

  • Main discussion: The panel reported that only one-third of Americans support data centers near their homes and that support would fall further if electricity bills rose (hypothetical $10/month increase halves support). They cited >1,000 hyperscale data centers globally (~600 in the U.S.), primary growth markets (Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Phoenix), and noted cities are rewriting zoning to define data centers by power draw rather than square footage (examples: Linn County added environmental provisions; Mesa, AZ added water use codes).
  • Policy and funding context: The panel highlighted the $21 billion BEAD nondeployment fund as potentially eligible for permitting support, fiber/conduit buildout, and AI-related infrastructure, but emphasized that permitted uses will depend on program details and state implementation.
• Mar 20, 2026

  Exowatt Expands to Austin as Power Constraints Reshape AI Infrastructure

  Exowatt opened an 11-acre campus in Austin to accelerate deployment of modular solar energy systems and address power constraints for AI infrastructure.

  • Main announcement: Exowatt has opened an 11-acre campus in Austin containing 48,000 square feet of office, manufacturing, and warehouse space to speed deployment of its modular solar energy systems; the company also launched ExoRise, a business unit to deliver turnkey “powered land” in solar-rich regions (West Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada) to compress deployment timelines.
  • Background and details: The move responds to increasing grid congestion, interconnection delays, and surging AI load requests across US markets (notably Texas and the Southwest); Exowatt previously received a $50 million Series A extension backed by Overmatch Ventures, and company and industry leaders (Hannan Happi, Steven Dickens, Evan Loomis) emphasize modular and behind-the-meter solutions as strategic responses.